overstrain

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, stories of the health sector being overstrained have been evident.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022

When they get seriously ill, most head for the emergency room of the country’s overstrained hospitals.

From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2020

I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018

At the same time, the editorial said, the state has continued to pressure UC to increase its enrollment, leading to “overcrowded classrooms, housing insecurity and overstrained campus infrastructure” at UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2017

He said every nerve had been overstrained in some way, and the whole system must sleep torpid a while.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë